keiretsu

noun

kei·ret·su kā-ˈret-(ˌ)sü

ke-

plural keiretsu also keiretsus

: a powerful alliance of Japanese businesses often linked by cross-shareholding

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Traditionally, members of a keiretsu never sold themselves to members of another keiretsu, let alone foreign firms. —

Richard Katz, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021 Critics often accuse chaebols and keiretsu of stifling competition. —

Will Daniel, Fortune Asia, 30 June 2024 The second advantage of this open innovation model is that the keiretsu and chaebol get access to new ideas and products. —

Will Daniel, Fortune Asia, 30 June 2024 The stock exchange is pushing the country’s sprawling conglomerates, known as keiretsu, to streamline their organizational structure. —

Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 4 Mar. 2024 Japanese markets are also pushing the country’s sprawling conglomerates, known as keiretsu, to streamline their complicated organizational structure. —

Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 23 Feb. 2024 Their keiretsu system of manufacturers, supplies and distributors all working closely together has been imitated by other cultures since the 1980s, but has been hard to duplicate. —

Kerri Thurston, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021 The keiretsu that flushed productive firms with capital during periods of high productivity proved unable to mobilize capital when those firms faced stresses. —

Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 17 Aug. 2020 And when the Japanese were eclipsing the U.S. economy through the keiretsu, large affiliated industrial companies working hand in hand with government—until Japan’s Lost Decade became two. —

Stanley F. Druckenmiller, WSJ, 2 May 2018